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of living, to all the other tribes. The Greenlanders are said to speak the same language, and to resem- ble them in shape and appearance; and in stature they resemble the Laplanders. They may possibly be of N orthmen or European origin. All the other Indian tribes despise and hate them. They are thinly scattered along the coast of Labrador, and the arctic shores no1th- west of Hudson’s Bay. The greatest number of them in any one place appeais to be at Invutoke Inlet, or Esquimaux Bay, on the Atlantic coast of Labrador, where theie areabout two hundred and fifty. The Canadians and others resi- ding at Labrador, employ the Esquimaux in catching fish, &c. They have neither the pride nor the spirit of the othe1 savage tribes, but they aie equally as cruel. It IS said, that on the death of the 1nothe1 of a child not sufficiently strong to take care of itself, the latter is put to death, and bu11ed with the f01mer. I have not sufficient proof to state that this is posi- tively the case, but many circumstances induce me to believe it to be a fact. '

There is a court held at Labrador during summer, from which appeals lie to the supreme court of St John’s. An armed vessel visits, and continues gene- rally along the coast during the greater part of the fishing season.

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This island is now under the jurisdiction of N ew- foundland. Its name is said to be derived from an